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I really think that any effective anti aging therapy is going be something that is specific to, or based on information from, the specific patient. Here’s my
by fallingfrog 6y ago
I really think that any effective anti aging therapy is going be something that is specific to, or based on information from, the specific patient.
Here’s my logic: if there was some molecule or hormonal tweak that would defeat aging in every individual that was given it, then the improvement would be heritable. And some organism at some point in earths evolutionary history would have found it by now, which means we would know about it. So, there likely is none.
So, if there is an anti aging therapy of some kind, it must be something that is not a simple heritable molecule to be synthesized. That means some kind of genetic or stem cell therapy.
I’m not a biologist though so ymmv.
Edit: on that note: https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/03/old-human-cells-rejuvenated-with-stem-cell-technology.html https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2020/03/old-human-cel...
- new_realist 6y agoGenes for living longer reproduce in a population only if they enhance fertility rates, but I suspect throughout history humans have been food constrained, and so there was never an opportunity for an older couple to have another baby when the younger couples were “maxed out” with babies already. Given food scarcity, living longer only means the clan needs more food, which hurts the clan’s overall fertility.